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Enrollment
2,258
High
DISTRICT 683 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531011001690
Eisenhower High School
611 South 44th Avenue, Yakima, WA 98908 · (509) 573-2600 · Yakima County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,258 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Washington public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
106 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 54.3:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
1,772 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 509 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 547 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 654 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 548 | 24% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 68% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +16.7pp since 2014
Math
12.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.4% | 14.7% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 11.5% |
| 2018-19 | 53.1% | 19.0% |
| 2017-18 | 50.3% | 19.3% |
| 2016-17 | 23.3% | 14.2% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 17.5% |
| 2014-15 | 28.1% | 14.1% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Washington's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Eisenhower High School
Eisenhower High School's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower High School this school | 2,258 | 78.5% | 31.9% |
| Pasco Senior High School PASCO | 2,590 | 72.3% | 26.8% |
| Davis High School Yakima | 2,359 | 85.8% | 34.8% |
| Sunnyside High School Sunnyside | 2,122 | 82.9% | 28.6% |
| Othello High School Othello | 1,338 | 81.8% | N/A |
| Quincy High School QUINCY | 860 | 78.5% | 31.6% |
Matched among Washington high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Eisenhower High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #220 of 271 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #292 of 321 ▼ 30 | #10 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #257 of 327 ▼ 49 | #9 of 16 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #108 of 259 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,258 | #10 of 570 | #2 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #194 of 311 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #265 of 316 | #7 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #34 of 386 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #91 of 136 | #6 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,258
+350 (+18%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,501
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,258 | 106 | 21.3:1 | 78% (1,772) |
| 2023-24 | 2,315 | 111.3 | 20.8:1 | 81% (1,874) |
| 2022-23 | 2,248 | 97.9 | 23.0:1 | 79% (1,770) |
| 2020-21 | 1,908 | 97 | 19.7:1 | 70% (1,333) |
| 2017-18 | 2,126 | 90.4 | 23.5:1 | 63% (1,336) |
| 2015-16 | 2,125 | 92 | 23.1:1 | 74% (1,579) |
| 2010-11 | 2,083 | 90 | 23.1:1 | 61% (1,281) |
| 2000-01 | 1,863 | 84 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,501 | 68 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eisenhower High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (2,126 to 2,258); teachers up 17% (90.4 to 106).
About Eisenhower High School
At 611 South 44th Avenue in Yakima, Washington, Eisenhower High School operates as a large high school. The school had 2,258 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in Washington is about 573, so this school runs 294% larger than that.
Yakima School District has 27 schools and 15,488 students, and Eisenhower High School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Eisenhower High School is 76% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% White. In Yakima County overall, about 52% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Eisenhower High School comes in at 38%.
Teachers at Eisenhower High School total 106 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.3:1. High schools in Washington average about 21.6:1, a similar figure. The school counts 1,772 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 78%. Across public schools in Yakima County, the average is about the same, 77%.
Eisenhower High School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Eisenhower High School's results are 4.4 points above predicted: 31.9% against 27.6%.
Eisenhower High School is located in Yakima County, where median household income is about $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 119 public schools in Yakima County, with a combined enrollment of about 52,145.
The nearest public school is Wilson Middle School, at about 0.3 miles. Eisenhower High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Eisenhower High School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Eisenhower High School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 18%, from 1,908 to 2,258. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.7:1 to 21.3:1 over the same years.
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Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Yakima School District
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
Other Eisenhower High schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Eisenhower High. Eisenhower High School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Eisenhower High SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 2,262 students
- Eisenhower HighRialto, CA · 2,075 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolSHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI · 1,625 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolLawton, OK · 1,466 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolGoddard, KS · 991 students
Nearby schools
- Wilson Middle School0.3 mi · 840
- Whitney Elementary0.4 mi · 433
- Nob Hill Elementary School0.6 mi · 339
- Gilbert Elementary School0.9 mi · 415
- K-8 Learning Lab1.2 mi · 122
- Robertson Elementary1.3 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Eisenhower High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Eisenhower High School?
Eisenhower High School enrolls approximately 2,258 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Eisenhower High School serve?
Eisenhower High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eisenhower High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eisenhower High School is approximately 21.3:1 (106 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eisenhower High School?
At Eisenhower High School, the student body is approximately 19% White, 76% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Eisenhower High School public or private?
Eisenhower High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Yakima School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.